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Encyclopedia > Konstantine
"Konstantine"
Song by Something Corporate
From the album Ready...Break
Album released September 2000
Recorded Galaxy Theatre (Santa Ana, California)
Genre Rock
Song Length 9:35
Record label Coach House
Producers Kraig Black, Andrew McMahon
Track Number 11

Konstantine is a song by the band Something Corporate. It focuses heavily on the piano, although several other instruments, including a bass guitar, an organ and the triangle, are used as well. The song was first released in a live version as a hidden track on Ready... Break (2000). A studio recording was included on Welcome to the Family (2001), as well as on the Japanese album Songs for Silent Movies (2003). The song, a fan favorite[citation needed], is often played at concerts with lyrics varying slightly[citation needed] from concert to concert. Something Corporate's DVD, Live at the Ventura Theater, contains a performance of the song. Konstantine was the first to reference wishing on 11:11.[citation needed] Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Something Corporate is a Piano rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... Ready. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in September, 2000. ... Location of Santa Ana within Orange County, California. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around the piano, and sometimes around piano-related instruments, such as the Fender Rhodes, the Wurlitzer electric piano, and keyboard-based synthesizers. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Andrew McMahon from a concert in St. ... Something Corporate is a Piano rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The organ is a keyboard instrument played using one or more manuals and a pedalboard. ... An old-fashioned triangle, with wand (beater) Angelika Kauffmann: LAllegra, 1779 The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. ... In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. ... Ready. ... Welcome To The Family is a compilation album released on November 20, 2001 by Drive-Thru Records. ... Songs for Silent Movies is an EP by Something Corporate, released on May 27, 2003, only in Japan. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... Live at the Ventura Theater is a live DVD by the band Something Corporate. ...


Trivia

  • The emo/pop-punk band Amber Pacific makes a reference to Konstantine in their song "Poetically Pathetic", saying: "Reference to a song you love, Spell confusion with a "K""[citation needed]
  • McMahon in his Konstantine lyrics references Jimmy Eat World and their song "For Me This is Heaven" - with the line "It's to Jimmy Eat World and those nights in my car, where the first star I see may not be a star, I'm not your star."
  • The band Holiday Parade referenced Konstantine in their song Success Story. And the whole ride home, We played "Konstantine," And I walked you to your doorstep, And you kissed me in the rain, my lucky day, I still spell konfusion with a "k"[citation needed]

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Konstantin Melnikov - Great Buildings Online (277 words)
Konstantin Melnikov was born to a peasant family in Moscow in 1890.
Through the efforts of the engineers to whom he was apprenticed he attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Although he was partially reinstated into the profession, he essentially lived in isolation until his death in Moscow in 1974.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (758 words)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Konstanty Ciołkowski), (Константин Эдуардович Циолковский; September 5, 1857 new style – September 19, 1935) was a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of cosmonautics who spent most of his life in a log-house at the outskirts of the Russian town of Kaluga.
He was also an adherent of philosopher Nikolai Fyodorov, and believed that colonizing space would lead to the perfection of the human race, with immortality and a carefree existence.
Tsiolkovsky died on September 19, 1935 in Kaluga, Russia and was buried in state.
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